Hydrocarbon-gas generator.



E. B. BROWN. HYDROGAEBON GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1908.

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

WITNESSES EGBEBT B BBOWN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' maoeaanon-eas GENERATOR.

lgplloation filed October 22, 1908. -8erta1 Fe. 458,962.

gpeciflcatlon Letters fatent. Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

. To all whom it may Be it known that I, Eonnn'r B. Bnowis, a

citizen ofthe United States, residin in the city of'Los eles, county of Los tain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Gas Generators, of which the followin is a specification, reference being hadt erein to the" accompanying'drawing,'-

in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the generator; -Fig. 2 a lon itudinal'vertical sectional view thereof; an Fig. 3 a-horizontal sectional view on the line III-III of Fig. 1.

This invention relatesv to a new, useful and economical means for produein hydrocarbon gas from oil and burning t e same, one of the main objects of the invention being to produce an apparatus by which oil or crude distillate may be converted into a gas and mixed in the apparatus with the necessary quantity of air for burning.

Another object of the invention is to provide' means whereby the air will be super- I merals, 1 designates the base of the gener shown clear Olpenm is into the bottom of the fuel cup 3 1s t e. fue

heated' in the a paratus and commingled with the va or om the heated oil. Another 0 ject of the invention is to rovide means whereby the heatedair wil be delivered downwardly at the center of the flame. v i

Other equally important objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the various parts by nuator which may be supported in any suitable manner. This base is-formed with a central depressed supplemental fuel well or receptacle 2. In the center of this well is a central upwardly extending fuel receptacle or cup 3. This cupis considerably smaller in diameter than the well 2 and is of invert-' e'd bell-shape its upper edge being slightly above the ufiper surface of the base 1-, as

y in. Figs. 1 and 2.

supply pi 4 whereby the liquid fuel preferably a iiiiuid hydro-carbon, W111 flo w upward y into the cup and'upon overflowing the upperedge of said cup will be caught in the delivery pipe, the pipe 4.is

the overflow well 2. Connected to the fuel supply pipe 4 is a delivery pipe 5. Below rovided with a vertical sediment receptac e 6, the lower end of whichis closed by a detachable screw cap 7. The purpose of'this is to pergeles, and State of California, have invente cer-- heated and the oil therein mit the heavier particles carried by the oil to drop into the sediment receptacle from .which they maybe readily removed by taking off the cap 7. I

The base 1 of the generator is formed with three apertures 8, spaced equal distances apart around the fuel well. Around each opening, within the well v2, is formed an upstanding flange 9 which extends to the upper surface of the base 1. Extending partly around said openings and projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the base 1 are retaining flanges 10, said flanges serving to retainthe air heating and delivery device in position on the base, as will be hereinafter more fully described. It will, of course, be

understood. that I may form any desired number of inlets 8 in the base.

' Supported above the base 1 is the air heating and delivery drum 11 which consists of a circular chamber '12 formed with a central opening 13 in its bottom wall directly over the fuel cup 3. Surrou'nd' this opening is a downwardly extending ange 14 which terminates a short distance above the fuel cup,

as shown clearly in Fig. 2. To support the air heating drum and to provide air inlets therefor the said drum is formed with downwardly extending hollow legs or pipes 15, whose lower ends register with the'openings in the base, the flanges 10 holding said legs 'in register with said openings. The legs 15- are of such length that the lower edge of the flange 14 is held at the required distance above the upper edge of the fuel receptaclei The air heating chamber 12 is closed except for the entrance thereto through the legs 15 and the outlet therefrom through the opening 13. A perforated lug 16 is connected to the up ersu-rface of the air heating chamber to faci itate in lifting said chamber from the base of the generator.

From the fore oing it will readily be seen that the flame rom the fuel will envelop the air chamber superheating the air therein and drawing it downward just above the fuel cup. The fuel .cup will be intensely will be vaporized and drawn outwardly and around the air drum. The air and vapor will therefore be thorou hly' commingled and will pass to the flame heated to a very high temperature. The amount of air fed to the generator will be self-regulating and dependent upon the heat of the burning gas.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-. tersPatentis: '1-

1. A hydro-carbon gas generator and burner comprising a base formed with a' cen-' ,tral depressed supplemental fuel receptacle, "aninverted'bell-shaped fuel receptacle in the center of said well, a supply pipe connected to the lower end of said bell-shaped fuel .re-.

ceptacle, an air heating drum supported above the base and provided at its under side with an air outlet directly over the bellshaped fuel receptacle, and a series of inlet pipes connected to the air drum, the lower ends of said pipes resting on theobase, said base being formed with a series of openings in register with the lower ends of said inlet I pipes.

2. A hydrocarbon gas generator and burner comprising avbase formed with a central depressed supplemental fuel receptacle a main fuel receptacle in the center. of said supplemental receptacle a supply pipe connected to the lower; end of said-e mam fuel receptacle, above the base and provided at its under side with an air outlet directly over the main fuel "receptacle, and a series of inlet pipes connected to-the air drum, the lower ends of said pipes resting on the base, said base being formed with a series of openings in register with the lower ends of said inlet pipes. 4 Y

3. A hydrocarbon gas generator and burner comprising a base formed with a central depressed supplemental fuel receptacle,

tral fuel receptacle below thefipel surface an air heating drum supported fuel receptacle of thebasel a main fuel receptacle in the centerbf said supplemental receptacle, a supply "plpe connected. to'the lower end of said main fuel receptacle, an air heating drum supported 40 of said'base, a series of air et openings formed in said base around said fuel receptacle, an'air drumIformedwith a series of inlet pipes adapted to register with the inlet openings in the base, sa d pipes supporting the air drum above the base, said drum bein formed withan air outlet in its under si e directly over the fuel-receptacle of the base, said air outlet terminating -aboy e the r In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my si nature in the presence of two witnesses this 9th dayof October l908.

' EGBERT B. BROWN.

Witnesses GEORGE H. CLARK, v A. M. Hawxms. 

